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Background information
• The international hunt for gravitational waves is on
• Significant investments worldwide• LIGO, Virgo, GEO600, KAGRA interferometers• Approval eLISA project door European Space Agency (ESA)• Studies for Einstein Telescope project
• Instruments now have the sensitivity to allow first detection• 100 years after Einstein’s General Relavity• Measurements of vibrations of space and time itself
• Opening a new window on the Universe • Up to now mostly electromagnetics observations have been done, e.g. with light, X-
rays, infrared, radio waves, etc. while the Universe only for a few percent consists of components subject to electromagnetic interactions
• Universe is 70% dark energy, and 25% dark matter (we do not know what this is)• With gravitational waves (GWs) one in principle can observe everything that has
mass, energy, and momentum• For example black holes
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Project definitionPrepare a series of short films (from 30 to 60 seconds and up to 5 minutes) that we can hand over to the press during press release. This will help reporters showcase their stories
An outline of these stories will be made in close contact with a few key persons: EGO Federico - Ferrini, Nikhef - Jo van den Brand
It will cover:• What do people need to know to understand the importance of GW?• How / where are we hunting for the waves?• The struggle of the hunt• Animations, different sites, some of the key people
These films will be part of a documentary about the hunt for gravitational waves, to be broadcasted later in 2016 (length up to 1 hour)
The look and feel is to bring science to a bigger audience
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Project definitionCreate a documentary for a broad target public which gives insight in the hunt for gravitational waves. One that shows the importance of the way we look at the Universe
For Virgo: ensure that Virgo’s role in the quest for GWs is highlighted
For Nikhef: ensure that Dutch contributions receive sufficient attention
Explain the technology/instrumentation challenges facing our scientists
The hunt for GWs takes place in various locations worldwide, but also in space. Provide an overview and sketch the future playing field
Think about: • LIGO and Virgo sites• The launch of LISA Pathfinder • the Einstein Telescope project • International context: KAGRA, Indigo, PTA, atom interferometers, …
Provide insight to the intensive global cooperation, by shooting at various locations
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Story line documentary
• History and context• Space, time, spacetime, relativity, Einstein’s GR, BHs, GWs
• Present• The quest for GWs with our large instruments• Understanding of GR
• The impact of detection• Why do we do this? A completely new tool for science• Start of the new field of gravitational astronomy
• Future• Advanced LIGO and Virgo, KAGRA, Indigo• Einstein Telescope in context• eLISA
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Cast (proposal)
History and context• Robbert Dijkgraaf• Gerard ‘t Hooft• Jan Willem van Holten• Adalberto Giazotto• Rai Weiss
Present situation• Fulvio Ricci• Gaby Gonzalez• Giovanni Losurdo• Bas Swinkels• Luciano Rezzolla• Chris Van Den Broeck
Impact of GW discoveries• Federico Ferrini• Kip Thorne• Frank Linde
Future plans• Michele Punturo• Karsten Danzmann
Einstein Telescope• Bjorn Vink• Maria Bader
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Cast
History and context• Robbert Dijkgraaf• Gerard ‘t Hooft• Jan Willem van Holten• Adalberto Giazotto• Rai Weiss
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Cast History and context
Robbert DijkgraafRobertus Henricus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist
Director and Leon Levy professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Professor at the University of Amsterdam
Filmed at NEMO, Amsterdam
December 4, 2015
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Cast History and context
Gerard ‘t HooftGerardus 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands
He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus Veltman
Einstein’s General Relativity
Under consideration
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Cast History and context
Jan Willem van HoltenJan Willem van Holten is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Also on the scientific staff at Nikhef
Leiden had long and deep connections with Einstein
Theoretical work on GWs
Under consideration
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CastHistory and context
Adalberto GiazottoProfessor at Pisa University
Initiator with Alain Brillet of the Virgo experiment
Former spokesman for Virgo
Can explain why interferometers have been chosen. Why Virgo was built in Italy, etc.
I propose to interview him in December 2015
Since he has a famous collection of crystals, we may try to take advantage of this
I also have a suggestion for the background music …
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Cast
Present situation• Fulvio Ricci• Gaby Gonzalez• Giovanni Losurdo• Bas Swinkels• Luciano Rezzolla• Chris Van Den Broeck
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CastPresent
Luciano RezzollaChair of Theoretical Astrophysics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt, Germany
Relativistic astrophysicist who uses Einstein’s theory of general relativity to describe and explain high-energy astronomical observations of black holes and neutron stars
Beautiful simulations on formation and merger of black holes, gravitational radiation emission, jets, etc.
Nice movies and animations: http://astro.uni-frankfurt.de/rezzolla/
Can explain in detail the physics that happens during a black hole merger
Under consideration
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Cast
Impact of GW discoveries• Federico Ferrini• Kip Thorne• Frank Linde
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Cast Impact of GW discoveries
Federico FerriniProfessor at Pisa University, Italy
Director of the European Gravitational Observatory – EGO that hosts the Virgo interferometer. EGO also manages the Einstein Telescope initiative
Under consideration
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Cast Impact of GW discoveries
Frank LindeProfessor at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Chair of the General Assembly of the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium ApPEC
Under consideration
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Cast
Einstein Telescope• Bjorn Vink• Maria Bader
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CastEinstein Telescope
Bjorn VinkGeologist, Province Limburg, Netherlands
Geologist and hydrologist with expertise on the geology of Limburg, the southern most province of the Netherlands
Collaborates in site studies for Einstein Telescope in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAahAoQKVN4
Filmed in Limburg
November 25, 2015
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CastEinstein Telescope
Maria BaderPhD student at Nikhef
Active in seismic studies at candidate sites for Einstein Telescope. Networks for gravity gradient noise subtraction will be part of her PhD work
See https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-bader-96964aa8
Filmed in Limburg
November 25, 2015
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Virgo at the EGO site• December 14 to 16, 2015
• Interview with Federico Ferrini (director European Gravitational Observatory EGO)• Role and importance of international collaboration to realize Virgo• Ambitions to host ET
• Interview Fulvio Ricci (spokesman van Virgo, Prof. in La Sapienza, Roma)• Importance of Virgo in the hunt for GWs• Scientific collaboration within Europe, USA, and Japan
• Interview Michele Punturo (scientific coordinator Einstein Telescope)• Scientific importance of ET• How does he see the future
• Interview met Giovanni Losurdo (Advanced Virgo project leader)• Responsible to get Advanced Virgo online
• Interview met Bas Swinkels• Responsible for commissioning of Advanced Virgo
• Interview Adalberto Giazotto (initiator of Virgo, together with Alain Brillet)
• Do we have footage of EGO/Tuscany with drone, or helicopter
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Logistics
• Producer
• Budget estimate
• IP rights
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Producer
• Information• Name: Astrid Serkei
• www.sureas.nl
• Camera man and sound engineer• Gijs …
• Contacts in The Netherlands• NTR
• Karel Kuiten, program coordinator
• Kennis van NU• Arnoud Jaspers, end editor• Bauer van Straten• Diederic Jekel, presentor
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Budget
• Production cost• Estimate grand total of about k€ 50• Agreement with producer on bare bone cost of about k€ 30 in case producer has
the rights to the documentary, with EGO and Nikhef to promotional material
• Nikhef• Prepared to make about k€ 10 available• Propose to spend this on takes in The Netherlands
• Dijkgraaf, ‘t Hooft, van Holten, Van Den Broeck, Linde, Vink, Bader, …
• EGO• Funds available via outreach activities• Propose to spend this on takes in Italy
• Giazotto, Ricci, Losurdo, Ferrini, Punturo, Swinkels• EGO site and Virgo instrumentation: bench installation
• Apply for additional funds• Filmfonds
• http://www.filmfonds.nl/film-producties/screen-nl/ontwikkeling
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IP rights
• Proposed agreement• Virgo promotional material with EGO
• Specify deliverables
• Dutch promotional material with Nikhef• Specify deliverables
• Documentary with producer